Adrian Usher, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, has used the publication of his annual report to call for an independent ...
The Magistrates’ Association has warned that a lack of accessible, useable justice data in England and Wales is undermining ...
In the final Annual Report of his six year tenure as Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor describes how long lock up ...
Earlier this week (1 July 2026), the government announced the launch of an independent review of the prison system to ...
N early two-thirds of people entering prison (65%) are likely to struggle with everyday literacy, while 69% are likely to ...
Recent (May 2026) research from the law department at RMIT University based in Melbourne, Australia makes for interesting reading. Beyond the Charge: Understanding support needs of women prosecuted ...
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman is an independent body that investigates complaints from prisoners, people on probation and those held in immigration detention. We also investigate every death in ...
This is a guest post by Amy Loughery, Chris Devany & Laura Bainbridge who share their work on when exploited children exploit others. Chris & Amy are from the Vulnerability and Policing Futures ...
This is a guest post from the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman’s unit. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) is an independent body that investigates complaints and deaths in custody. Our aim is to ...
Y esterday (31 March 2026) Clinks published its latest annual annual State of the Sector report. For over a decade, Clinks has surveyed the voluntary sector working with people in contact with the ...
The latest (20 February 2026) publication in HMI Probation’s Academic Insight series examines the prevalence of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and links to domestic abuse in justice-involved women. The ...
C links Reducing Reoffending Third Sector Advisory Group (RR3) Special Interest Group has just (14 January 2026) published a report on a ‘Whole Systems Approach’ for women in contact with the criminal ...